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We Never Made It To The Lakes

from Home Waters Live by Sam Carter

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    When Sam Carter envisioned his acclaimed fourth album Home Waters - released in the early throes of the pandemic - as 'a search for a sense of belonging and stability in unfamiliar territory', he couldn't have known how prescient that would turn out to be.

    Sam returns now with Home Waters Live, his first post-lockdown performance with the Home Waters Quartet, captured in exquisite studio-quality audio. This Bandcamp-exclusive album features a brand new version of the traditional English song Just As The Tide Was Flowing, as well as all the songs of Home Waters, alongside selected songs from Sam's back catalogue. The perfect audio companion to the online premiere of Home Waters In Concert, which airs on Bandcamp on 24th September, to coincide with the album release.

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  • Home Waters artwork woodcut print, designed and hand-printed to order by Sheffield artist John Pedder. Sold unframed, this landscape print measures around 25" by 13" (slightly bigger than a gatefold vinyl cover). Limited to 50 signed numbered editions.
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    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Home Waters Live, Home Waters, How The City Sings, Live At The Union Chapel, The No Testament, Lumpy's Lullaby, Keepsakes, and Here In The Ground. , and , .

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Now that I don’t see you it isn’t the things we did I’ll miss
It’s the things we didn’t do before it came to this
So I’ll say it for all the difference that it makes
It’s a shame we never made it to The Lakes

Sure there were daytrips, walks in the wood and on the Downs
Weekends in cities and little market towns
But somehow we just couldn’t raise the stakes
It’s a shame we never made it to the Lakes

Over the Seven Sisters, and out to the sea at Beachy Head
That day the rain just missed us, and we showered in the sunlight instead
It’s a memory that outshines our mistakes
Still it’s a shame we never made it to The Lakes

One regret, one regret, in all the years I spent with you
One regret, one regret, that you’re not here to see this view

Now I’m standing here reeling on the edge of Windermere
And you won’t believe how much I wish you were here
In the end we didn’t quite have what it takes
It’s a shame we didn’t make it
It’s s shame we never made it to The Lakes

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from Home Waters Live, released September 24, 2021

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